West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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HIGH SCHOOL CLUB A High School Club? Yes, we have one. The opening meeting was held October 9, 1914 in the Y. M. C. A. Banquet Hall. At this meeting officers were elected. Our esteemed fellow student, Mr. J. Jay Orr was elected President with his colleague, Mr. Harvey L. Myers, as his Vice-President. The other members of his select cabi- net consisted of Mr. Herbert C. Lee, Secretary, and Mr. Dan Hor- gan, Treasurer. With this body of competent men President Orr began his term of office by appointing a Social and Program Committee. At the opening meeting Lieut. Herbert P. Nordwall and his sister Wilhel- mina of Amsterdam, Holland were the guests of the club. Other speakers of the evening were Mr. Wyatt E. Harper and Dr. F. A. Poole. The second meeting was held at the Y. M. C. A. on November 6, 1914. The speakers of the evening were Mr. Kurt Opperman of the Saginaw High School who spoke on the coming conference and Mr. B. B. Johnson, State Student Secretary. He talked on The All Round Man. At this time the program committee presented the program which they had prepared and had printed. It consisted of the dates for future meetings with their speakers and their subjects. The program was very interesting and was accepted unanimously. A motion was laid before the Chair that the Club be broken up into separate groups consisting of Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors for weekly Bible study, and that the Club as a whole should get together at least once a month to discuss what they had done. This motion was carried and was followed out with great success. The third meeting was held on December 4, 1914. Mr. Fred Schmidt of Saginaw High School spoke on the State Boys ' Confer- ence and showed by his speech that he understood his subject verv well. Mr. Herbert C. Lee, Dr. F. A. Poole, Principal W. W. War- ner, and Principal M. B. Baker were the other speakers of the even- ing-

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The freshman class organized this year intending to do things, and they did ! They accomplished an unheard of feat this year when they gave a freshman dance which, although not a financial success, was a great social event in the school year, and the class feel that they have done their part in making this a pleasant school year. They also took another very important step when, in their meeting in May, they voted to prohibit all smokers from holding office in the class of 1918. They feel that in this they have taken a very important step for the pupil ' s welfare, and feel that time will prove it so. So it may be seen that as freshmen they did things, and as up- per classmen will probably do great things. George L. Barrows.

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Our motto which was accepted at this meeting was ' ' Clean Speech, Clean Habits, and Clean Athletics. It was moved that we have more friendliness between Saginaw High School and Arthur Hill High School, a measure which although adopted seemed un- necessary for many members of the Club were Saginaw men, and as 1 far as hostilities between the two schools were concerned, none ever existed. At the fourth meeting on February 22, 1915, Mr. Gault of Flint told his experiences while traveling through Europe on a motor- cycle at the time war broke out. On April 16, the sixth and last meeting was held. Dr. A. R. McKinney, Mr. Lloyd Crane, and Mr. J. E. Anderson gave final talks on their respective business positions and gave the members of the Club some sound advice on how to begin life in the Business World. The Club has been a success throughout and those who neglect- ed to join or attend the meetings surely lost something which they will never be able to replace. Many fellows will be able to look back on their school days and say with pleasure. ' Outside of good Arthur Hill itself there is only one place where I learned as much as in school. That was at the High School Club.